>> The skillset is shifting from implementing algorithms to knowing how to ask the AI the right questions and verify its output.

The question is, how much faster is verification only vs writing the code by hand? You gain a lot of understanding when you write the code yourself, and understanding is a prerequisite for verification. The idea seems to be a quick review is all that should be needed "LGTM". That's fine as long as you understand the tradeoffs you are making.

With today's AI you either trade speed for correctness or you have to accept a more modest (and highly project specific) productivity boost.